diff --git a/libifupdown/config-parser.c b/libifupdown/config-parser.c
index f533cfb..45005c6 100644
--- a/libifupdown/config-parser.c
+++ b/libifupdown/config-parser.c
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ lif_config_parse_file(FILE *fd, const char *filename, struct lif_config_handler
 		if (!*key || !*value)
 			continue;
 
+		if (*key == '#')
+			continue;
+
 		struct lif_config_handler *hdl = bsearch(key, handlers, handler_count, sizeof(*handlers),
 			handler_cmp);